urns containing the ashes of Macedonian Jews executed in Treblinka from the Museum of the City of Skopje to the Holocaust Museum. The museum was the first one to be opened in a museum complex that includes the Archeological Museum of Macedonia and the Museum of Macedonian Independence. Major landmarks and tourist attractions, such as the Stone Bridge, Skopje Fortress and the Old Turkish Bazaar are located around the museum. Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov recalled the long history of co-habitation between Jews and Macedonians and said that with the loss of the Jews "a part of [the Republic of] Macedonia had been torn out and that on the Jewish streets of Skopje, Bitola and Štip, after the war there was silence." Representatives of the Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim communities joined their Jewish countrymen in the inauguration of the museum. The museum details the history of North Macedonia's Jewish community since ancient times. World Jewish Congress (WJC) Research Director Laurence Weinbaum pointed out that no Jewish community in Europe had suffered a greater degree of destruction than the one from North Macedonia. Notes References External links Monastir: The Story of a Sephardic Community in Macedonia an online exhibition by Yad Vashem A website of the Jewish community in North Macedonia (in Macedonian) A comprehensive article about the past, present and future of Jewish life in North Macedonia The Jews on the Balkans Jewish Communities In Macedonia Prior To 1941 The History of the Jews in North Macedonia, from the Jewish Community in the Republic of North Macedonia Empty Boxcars (2011) Documentary * at IMDb link YouTube Clarifying 70 Years of Whitewashing and Inaccuracies: The Bulgarian Government and its Interaction with Jews During the Holocaust The Miraculous Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust (1939–1945) (The Bulgarian Miracle) (Part 1) by Dr. Marcel Israel Romaniote Jews topics Sephardi Jews topics Middle Eastern diaspora in North Macedonia